Blood Relations

Arrizida Yokoi is a nineteen-year-old telepath assigned to the Implementation sabership Haltija, whose historic mission to the lost colony world Lennon is the first to reach that planet in 400 years. Zida and her crewmates discover a civilization that has struggled to survive on a cold, metal-poor world--and has, perhaps, learned the secret of immortality. But someone aboard Haltija doesn't want that secret returned to Earth--and is willing to commit murder to prevent it. Before she realizes it, Zida and the other offworlders find themselves swept up into a conflict between Lennish states, in which escalating violence leads to tragedy and madness. The only thing Zida can be sure of is that she may never see Earth again... [see also: 074330053X Blind Ambitions by A. L. Sirois--second novel of two novels in this future history]